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Disneyland Paris reimagines its events offer

21 February 2019

Disneyland Paris has announced the creation of a new division, designed to serve the events industry. Disneyland Paris Event Group will create live events and experiences which harness the power of Disney storytelling and the impressive Disneyland Paris venue. Events have been a part of the Disney offering for the… Read more

FeuerTrutz makes Nuremberg the hot spot for fire safety professionals

21 February 2019

FeuerTrutz 2019, the International tradefair with congress for preventive fire protection, which has been running in Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, 20-21 February, announced a new record of 315 exhibitors. The figure was up from 287 in 2018. The display area of around 6,400sqm marked an increase of 14% on the 2018… Read more

ESSA Future Focus Board welcomes new members from GES and 4D

21 February 2019

The UK’s Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) has announced that Sarah Frixon, Project Manager at global exhibitions services company GES, and Shanay Pahal (pictured), Marketing Manager at 4D Design, have both joined its Future Focus Board. The ESSA Future Focus Board is composed of young industry professionals, and given… Read more

EEAA pursues Labor of business events love in Canberra

21 February 2019

The Exhibition & Event Association of Australasia (EEAA) continued its representation work in the Federal Parliament when it joined the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) to discuss business events with the Members of Parliament who are part of Labor Friends of Tourism. EEAA Chief Executive, Joyce DiMascio was… Read more

Theme park first for launch edition of ACEX automotive exhibition

20 February 2019

Gulf-based organiser ACEX – Ambassador Conferences and Exhibition, has launched what it claims is the first consumer exhibition to be held in a theme park destination in the UAE. The organiser says that, following research from both the automotive industry and events industry, it had decided to launch a car… Read more

Be inspired by EW’s Pavilion at International Confex

20 February 2019

Exhibition World will be part of the International Pavilion at International Confex in London next week (26-27 February), and invites all those visiting to come along, meet the team and take in some of the education and panel sessions on the stand. The 2019 line up of sessions on the… Read more

Why cutting-edge Busan is on the rise in South Korea

20 February 2019

EW investigates how South Korea’s southern port powerhouse is layering the country’s leading technology, sectoral strengths and new venue capacity to strengthen its place as a key Asian trade and exhibition hub. Vogue, vogue… South Korea’s second city, Busan, centre of the country’s film industry and key port, is… Read more

Will 2019 see more exhibitions mega-deals?

20 February 2019

Informa Exhibitions CEO Charlie McCurdy believes that mega-deals will be scarce on the horizon for the exhibitions space in 2019. Are there more mega-deals on the horizon for the exhibitions space in 2019? I doubt it. If a ‘mega-deal’ is defined as a transaction valued at more than, say, US$500m,… Read more

AEG Ogden announced as manager of new convention centre Te Pae Christchurch

19 February 2019

Asia Pacific venue management company AEG Ogden has been selected as the operator for the new Te Pae Christchurch facility in New Zealand. The contract was announced today by Ōtākaro Limited Chief Executive, John Bridgman. Te Pae will have capacity to host up to 2,000 delegates for a variety of… Read more

Clarion moves counter terror expo from Olympia to co-locate with IFSEC at ExCeL London

19 February 2019

Next year will see IFSEC International and Security & Counter Terror Expo move to a new dateline of 19–21 May and welcome three events alongside it at ExCeL London: Security & Counter Terror Expo (SCTX), Ambition and Forensics Europe Expo. Building on a rich history of the two exhibitions –… Read more

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UFI members are organisations (companies, associations, federations, etc), admitted in two categories: Full Members and Associate Members. In addition, UFI approves a certain number of exhibitions and trade fairs organised by its member organisers, upon strict selection criteria.

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